XFX I reckon. GS is slightly cut down, 7600GT should be pretty quick. 512MB RAM on a graphics card is over-kill, esp. on a 6800GS. Save yourself £6 and buy the XFX, get yourself a couple of pints with the change

I wish I would've waited for the 7xxx series! I have a 6800 Go in my laptop which I purchased just before the 7800 was released. My friend got the 7800 and it blows away the 6800, they're both Go series (Alienware Laptop) but the DirectX performance is much better in the 7800! I know you're asking about the 7600 but the 6600 was close in performance to the 6800 so you're probably fine with that one too!

How much is that in Dollars?
Isn't it like 300 + change?
You can get a ton of good cards for that, you can probably get mine, which is the 7900gt ko superclocked, at first the card seemed to be not so good, then i turned net_graph 3 on in counterstrike source and i get 270 fps on average.

Ok i just spoke to dell again and they confirmed that the 7000 series require more like 375 watts because of the extra mem usage and minifan, and they said that the only card they would suggest is the x600 :/ so know i need to know whether it is worth me starting a new build completely and getting a new mobo, psu, and graphics card (£$£$) or seeing if i can find a compatable psu for this dell or what the risks are of getting the card and hoping for the best... lol

Has anyone had any experience replacing the power supply on a dell computer, dell tech support really didn't have a clue about this :dead:

i have done it on a hp computer and i learned that large computer manufactures like dell build build computers that arent designed to be upgraded so you must buy a new computer. you should just save up your money and build your own computer. but if you still chose to try and upgrade your dell you should be able to just buy a new psu and swap it out. be careful on the size psu that you get because when i upgraded in my hp the new psu was too long for the case and it ran into my disk drives

Ok i just spoke to dell again and they confirmed that the 7000 series require more like 375 watts because of the extra mem usage and minifan, and they said that the only card they would suggest is the x600 :/ so know i need to know whether it is worth me starting a new build completely and getting a new mobo, psu, and graphics card (£$£$) or seeing if i can find a compatable psu for this dell or what the risks are of getting the card and hoping for the best... lol

Has anyone had any experience replacing the power supply on a dell computer, dell tech support really didn't have a clue about this :dead:

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The power supply you will get is a standerd ATX format make sure you get one with the 20 pin or 24 pin connector as required yours I am pretty sure will be the 20 pin , then the problem is in the back of your case Dell likes to sell PSU's that do not include the on/off switch sooo you might need to cut away part of the case in the back, I have done it and it works , you just need to look at the PSU close and make sure your able to find the right one for you.

All you need are a decent power supply $70-80 USD for a 480W Antec Truepower II and video card $150-450 depending on what you want to spend. And possibly another case fan, or select a 2 slot video card that exhausts out the back.

Then you will have a system that is good for 2-3 more years.

Also if you do not have an install CD make Dell supply one. It is required if anything goes wrong in the upgrade.

PS This isn't a scam on Dells part. To keep costs of basic systems down they bundle the video and power supply cost increase together on upgrades which is why they seem so expensive. They really should mention that in their information though.